Residents living near AI data centers are experiencing health problems caused by infrasound from cooling systems and gas turbines.
These inaudible low-frequency vibrations can cause symptoms including dizziness, nausea, vertigo, headaches, insomnia, and anxiety.
Because infrasound falls below the range of human hearing, it often evades detection by standard noise measurement equipment.
As a result, some local governments have implemented moratoriums on new data center projects while the environmental impacts are studied further.